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Although the outbreak was centered around Tupelo, Mississippi and Gainesville, Georgia, other destructive tornadoes associated with the outbreak struck Columbia, Tennessee, Anderson, South Carolina and Acworth, Georgia.
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The immediate Gainesville area is no stranger to deadly tornadoes. It was the site of the fifth deadliest tornado in United States history on April 6, 1936 during the Tupelo-Gainesville tornado outbreak, where two tornadoes merged into a very large F4 killing 203 including 70 at the Coopers Plant Factory.
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1936 Tupelo-Gainesville tornado outbreak - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The 1936 Tupelo-Gainesville tornado outbreak was an outbreak of seventeen tornadoes that struck the Southeastern United States from April 5 to 6th, 1936. Approximately 436 people were killed by thes...
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The Tupelo-Gainesville Outbreak was the outbreak of tornadoes that included the 4th and 5th deadliest tornadoes in U.S. history. ... The morning after the Tupelo tornado, the storm system moved through Alabama overnight, and finally reached Gainesville, Georgia at around 8:30 A.M. This early morning tornado was a...
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Tupelo-Gainesville Outbreak - The Gainesville Tornado ... A Wisdom Archive on Tupelo-Gainesville Outbreak - The Gainesville Tornado ... Tupelo-Gainesville Outbreak, Tupelo-Gainesville Outbreak - The Gainesville Tornado, Tupelo-Gainesville Outbreak - The Tupelo Tornado...
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The Tupelo-Gainesville Outbreak ... The tornadoes that tore through Gainesville were part of a larger storm system known as the Tupelo-Gainesville Outbreak which produced approximately seventeen tornadoes that touched down in Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee, Georgia, and South Carolina.
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Total deaths for this outbreak reached at least 450: the Tupelo tornado was the fourth deadliest (with an estimated 216 dead) – and the Gainesville tornado the fifth deadliest (with an estimated 203 dead) – in U.S. history.
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During the Tupelo/Gainesville outbreak on April 5-6, 1936, 17 tornadoes were scattered across parts of northern Mississippi and northern Georgia. A massive pair of tornadoes hit Gainesville, Ga., in the morning, killing 203 people and causing 1,600 injuries.
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Tupelo-Gainesville Outbreak. Tupelo-Gainesville Outbreak summary with 2 pages of encyclopedia entries, research information, and more. ... The Tupelo-Gainesville Outbreak was an outbreak of seventeen tornadoes that struck the Southeastern United States from April 5th to 6th, 1936. Approximately 436 people were killed by...
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Tupelo-Gainesville Outbreak: A F5 tornado slams into the north side of Tupelo, Mississippi, killing 233. It is the 4th deadliest tornado in U.S. history. ... Tupelo-Gainesville Outbreak: Another tornado from the same storm system as the Tupelo tornado hits Gainesville, Georgia killing 203.
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